Talk on the list about Gary Lovisi's PAPERBACK PARADE [1]
prompted me to order a couple of back issues, including the
January, 1990 special on Shell Scott's creator Richard S.
Prather (#16). It has a fairly long interview with him done
by Richard Lupoff, then about eight pages of "A Richard S.
Prather Reminisence," by the man himself. There are lots of
black and white reproductions of covers, though strangely no
bibliography of Prather's work. By today's standards it's
fairly primitive, there are spelling mistakes, and the
photocopier used needed a visit from the repairman. Including
shipping it was $9 USD, about $15 CDN, which is pretty
expensive. Still, it was good reading, and I intend to start
going through the Shell Scott books in order. I have lots but
haven't read many.
This issue didn't give me any burning desire to buy more, but
are the current ones nicer? Has anyone seen #50, which has an
article on Willeford by Don Herron? If so, is it original
stuff or just drawn from his book WILLEFORD?
Bill
[1] http://www.gryphonbooks.com/
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